Clothing-bag.



A. F. BORNOT.

' CLOTHING BAG.

APPLIOATIOH I-ILED MAYE, 1909.

952,181; I v Patented Mar.15,1910.

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ANDRE F. Bonner, or PHILADELIPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

cLo'rHinG-BAG.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, ANDRE: F. Bonno'r, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Clothing-Bag, of which the following is a specification.

My inventionconsists of a bag adapted as a wrapper for clothing or garments, so as to protect the same from dust, dirt, rain and exterior contact, the bag having an open side, whereby access to its interior may be had, and having its top adapted to be carried by or sustained on a hanger, from which the clothing or garment may be suspended, while within the bag. a

For the purpose of explaining the invention,'the accompanying drawing illustrates a satisfactory reduction of the same to practice, but the important instrumentalities thereof may be varied, and so it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the specific arrangement and organization shown and described. V

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a clothing bag embodying my invention. Fig. ,2 represents a transverse section thereof, on line a2w, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre-' sponding parts in the figures Referring to the drawing :A designates a bag which is formed of a piece of fabric folded on one side, as at B, producing a body with separated walls C, C, the opposite side being open, as at D, where the walls are provided with fastenings preferably of the form of snaps E, F, which when disconnected permit the bag to be opened to admitan article of clothing or a garment bc-' tween the same.

The exterior surface of the bag is of water-proof mat'erlal, so as to protect the garment from ram or moisture, whlle the garment is furthermore kept in clean'condi said hanger abutting against the inner wall of the top of the bag, so that the latter may be carried by said hook, and also if'desired placed in a closetor elsewhere, while the garment remains in the bag.

The end portions of the open side of the bag are folded on themselves, forming a double-thickness of material as at K, so as .1. A clothes bag of the character stated,

consisting of a body composed of a folded piece of material, the sides of the body opposite to the fold being open, fastenings for the open side, the top of the bag being permanently closed and having a passage there- Patented Mar. 15, 1910. Application filed May 5, 1909. Serial N 0. 494,017.

in for a'member of a clothes hanger, the,

body portion of which is adapted to rest against the interior of said topi 2. A. clothing bag of the character stated I consisting of a body having a temporarily closed side and a permanently closed top, which is adapted to have a clothes hanger abut against its interior thereof, and the carrying member of said hanger adapted to pass through said top, whereby the bag may be sustained by said hanger.

3. A clothing bag of the character stated consisting of a body having an open side, fastenings for the walls of said side at the edge thereof, an open bottom, and a closed top, the latter being adapted for the passage therethrough of a member of a clothes hanger, which is adapted to sustain the bag.

4. A clothes bag of the character stated consisting of an open bottomed body composed of a folded piece of material, the side of the body opposite to the foldbeing open and the top permanently closed, the bottom being open, the end portions of the open side having reinforcing members thereon, and

fastenings for said side connected with said members at the edge opposite said fold.

5. Aclothes bag of the-character stated consisting of a body composed of a folded piece of material, the side of the body oppoto be placed inthe body and rested against site to the fold bemg open, the end portions the interior of said top.

of the open side having reinforcing mem bers thereon, and fastenings for said side A D R 5 connected with said members, the top of the Witnesses: 7

bag being closed and having a passage there- JOHN A. Vvmlmnsnmmg in for a member of a clothes hanger adapted HARRY C DALTON. 

